The Senate on Thursday, June 27, observed a minute silence in honour of the late Deputy Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Etop Andrew Essien.
Essien had on Tuesday, June 25, slumped while making a presentation before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts and later passed on at the National Assembly Clinic where he was taken for medical attention.
The late Customs officer was in charge of Revenue and Excise of the NCS.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio who expressed dismay at the incident said the investigation is ongoing to unravel what happened.
